Unifeeder acquired United Feeder Service to create the largest pan-European feeder operator in October 2013. Unifeeder transports more than two million containers a year between ports in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic region and the Baltic Sea. UFS‘s 25 vessels serve ports across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

DFDS, one of Europe’s largest short sea-shipping and logistics operators, this week announced plans to close a second route in response to tougher environmental regulations that will sharply increase the cost of ships’ fuel from 2015.